MindScape Psychology

MindScape Psychology is a private practice of regulated health professionals (psychologists and master’s level social workers) providing therapy and assessment in southern Alberta.

About Our Practice

MindScape Psychology offers effective, compassionate, and evidence-based counselling and assessment services. We serve teens, adults and couples. We specialize in trauma treatment and have contracts with multiple government service options, including Veterans Affairs and Family Supports for Children with Disabilities. In order to live full and meaningful lives, people need to experience wellness in all areas of their life. MindScape offers mental health therapy with a Registered Psychologist and incorporates elements of mental, physical, social, and spiritual health. We want to help our clients discover the healthiest version of themselves possible. After-hours and weekend treatment is available. Direct billing offered for most insurance companies. Call today to start your journey to wellness.

Meet the MindScape Team

A group of authentic and genuine professionals working together to improve the mental health of our community.

Tobi Ceh, Registered Psychologist

I have called Medicine Hat and area home for the last 11 years. I originally hail from a farm in Saskatchewan but have lived all over western Canada as a young adult. I obtained my Masters in Counselling in 2015 and registered as a Psychologist shortly thereafter. Besides running MindScape Psychology, I also parent four young children, spend time with my partner, and try to escape into nature as often as possible. In earlier chapters of my life, I was an addictions counsellor, Mindfulness Research assistant and outdoor educator. I use an integrated theoretical perspective to counselling. At the center of my practice, I am person-centered. This means that I will always strive to treat clients with unconditional positive regard and respect. Clients are the experts in their own lives. I believe that for counselling to be effective there needs to be some examination of where clients have come from, as well as where they are going. When looking to the past, I use a constructivist approach. Constructivism is a form of therapy that suggests people find meaning based on life experiences. I believe that experience constructs our perception of reality, which in turn affects our knowledge and our understanding of the world and our place in it. I have specialized training in EMDR (trauma treatment), attachment, and treating PTSD in first responders. I utilize both my training and my life experience to help clients follow their journey every day.

Sky Bender, CCC

My journey in the helping field began as a Mobile Addictions Outreach Worker where I supported homeless youth in connecting them to resources and advocating for their needs in a variety of settings. During my undergrad, I was able to work as an intake and group facilitator at the center for sexual assault and response committee. Shortly after, I practiced as a neurofeedback technician and a counsellor in a private practice setting. Presently, I am focused on clinical counselling as a Canadian Certified Counsellor supporting teens and adults. Based on my clients’ unique needs, I draw from a variety of approaches but foundationally practice from a person-centered and relational lens. What does this mean? This means that I believe one of the most healing parts of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Being able to show up as our authentic ourselves without fear of judgement is where growth and healing take place. As such, I strive to be warm, transparent, and ‘human’ in conjunction to my clinical skills. Outside of work, I’m most often found walking my dog, rock climbing, reading, and simply being outside.

Monique MacDonald, MSW

After over 20 years in the field, I still feel so blessed every day to be able to walk alongside people in their journey of self-discovery. It is an honor to support people through the dark moments in life and celebrate the growth and resiliency that follows. I grew up in small town Manitoba, lived in big city Calgary, moved to the other side of the country (Hey Cape Bretoners!), and came back out west with my family to make Medicine Hat our forever home. My husband and I are currently in the joyful stage of raising three teenagers and continue to learn and grow as parents every day. I have alot of professional and life experience that informs how I approach the counselling process. I am a genuine, authentic, compassionate person, which helps me create a warm safe environment for my clients. When working with children, I use play and art to facilitate their ability to communicate their thoughts and feelings. When working with teens and adults, my work is informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative, and Solution-focused modalities. When working with families and couples, I use an emotion-focused approach. I have worked in many different social work settings, including schools, hospitals, outreach, restorative justice, as well as clinical settings, and have worked with all ages. I am currently accepting new clients and work with children, teens, adults, as well as families and couples.

Jody Rempel, Provisional Psychologist

I have lived in Medicine Hat off and on for the past 20+ years and I love the sunny, warm summers here and the sense of community. I started as a counsellor in 2014 and focused on working with adults, teens, and children who have experienced trauma. I also work with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship issues, and abuse. For therapy to be effective, I believe that I need to listen deeply and work collaboratively. I value creating an empathic and supportive environment. I also believe that re-connecting with our selves- as opposed to living life in survival mode, or based on the personality we developed to survive difficult or traumatic experiences- is important for living well. Where traumatic experiences can cause us to feel unsafe in the world and that it is not okay to be ourselves, safe environments and people can allow us to develop and explore, have space to grieve losses, heal emotionally, and ultimately re-connect with ourselves and live our lives with greater meaning and intentionality. In my work, I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), mindfulness, somatic, and attachment-based approaches. When working with children and anyone else who is interested, I incorporate sand tray and other expressive forms of therapy such as art and play therapy. A few things that I enjoy doing when I’m not in the office are being in nature, reading cozy mysteries, cooking, gardening, and crocheting.